Five dogs have joined the staff of Middlesex University to help students with exam stress or whose anxiety puts them at risk of dropping out.
The five labradors have become "canine teaching assistants" and will work on improving students' wellbeing. The five have their own staff cards, in a project purported to be the most systematic use of dogs in a university.
"You can literally feel stress levels reducing," said Fiona Suthers, head of clinical skills at the university.
